English-Swedish translations for survive

• överleva
  Hur kan små detaljhandlare överleva?How can small retailers survive?
  Endast då kan vi överleva tillsammans.Only then can we survive together.
  Vi kan helt enkelt inte överleva utan den.We simply cannot survive without it.

Definition of survive

• Of a person, to continue to live; to remain alive
• To live longer than; to outlive
• To live past a life-threatening event
• To be a victim of usually non-fatal harm, to honor and empower the strength of an individual to heal, in particular a living victim of sexual abuse or assault

Examples

• His children survived him; he was survived by his children.
• He did not survive the accident.

Related words

• survived
• survived a failure
• to survive